In the blink of an eye, it is the Spring Festival, which is the twenty-sixth New Year of the Republic of China, and there is no doubt that everything in this country has moved towards normal.

After years of recuperation, the country's economic construction is thriving, and people's living standards are constantly improving; With the continuous development of education, the Hope School has been officially listed as a national development plan by the central government, and a large number of Hope Schools have sprung up. Militarily, the construction of two lines of defense has begun, and the mechanization of the army has been continuously improved; Culturally thriving, Shanghai, as the largest metropolis in the Far East, has become the largest film and television output base in the Far East; There have also been some political changes, with Army Minister Chiang Chung-cheng announcing in the New Year that he would run for the next president of the National Government, which also marked the official split of factions within the Kuomintang and the end of the honeymoon period between Chiang and Wang......

Huang Ke didn't care too much about these, he didn't want to run for the chairman of the government, not because he didn't want to be in power, because the law said that the chairman of the government could not hold a military position, what he couldn't figure out was why Jiang Zhongzheng, who had always been shrewd, wanted to run for the chairman of the government?

If you can't figure it out, you can't figure it out, Jiang Zhongzheng really did it.

With the support of Finance Minister Kong Xiangxi and others, Jiang Zhongzheng took his wife Song Meiling to give speeches and lobby from all over the world, and the limelight once overshadowed Wang Jingwei, the former chairman of the state government.

However, Wang Jingwei is naturally not far behind. In order to maintain his current power and political position, he actively contacted Britain, France, the United States, and other countries, hoping to obtain foreign support. It's just that he was almost overlooked during his tenure, and many key departments such as the military have not been put into it, so foreign countries don't have a good face for this oily-headed guy, in other words, Britain and the United States know that he doesn't have much power.

On the contrary, Jiang Zhongzheng, who has already controlled many cronies in the army, has been appreciated by Britain and the United States and other countries, and his wife's background of studying in the West has also made many Western countries place their hopes on him.

Although Huang Ke didn't pay attention to this, the staff around him couldn't ignore it. The aides calculated that during Wang's administration, Huang Ke held many important positions such as defense minister and chairman of the Military Commission, and in addition to the military, he was also in charge of many key departments such as industry and transportation, and was on a par with the Kuomintang faction, and even had the upper hand.

However, if Jiang Zhongzheng wins the general election and steps down as the Minister of War as the chairman of the national government, then with his many years of business in the army, he can effortlessly control the military and political power, which will have an impact on Huang Ke's status at that time.

Once Huang Ke falls, according to Jiang's usual practice, he will definitely crack down on the forces of the Xiguan faction in the army and install his own cronies. This is undoubtedly a major crisis for the Xiguan faction, so the staff of the Xiguan faction must take precautions to prevent Chiang Zhongzheng from being elected.

At this time, Wang Jingwei threw an olive branch to Huang Ke.

Just after New Year's Day, Wang Jingwei visited Huang Ke's office in the evening.

At this time, Huang Ke was preparing to have dinner, and his usual habit was to solve dinner in the office when he was busy with work. Fourteen Tsai brought two plates of side dishes, a few steamed buns, and a bowl of porridge, and Huang Ke was about to pick up chopsticks when he heard the news that Chairman Wang of the State Government was visiting.

Huang Ke couldn't help but wonder, what is he doing at this time? But after a moment of thought, he said to Fourteen Tsai, "Tell him to wait a while, and I'll go down!" ”

As soon as Huang Ke's voice fell, Wang Jingwei's voice came from outside the door: "Haha, Brother Xinghua, don't come down." ”

Huang Ke also immediately stood up and smiled: "Brother Zhaoming visited late at night, and he missed the distance." ”

Wang Zhaoming looked at the simple dishes on Huang Ke's desk and the lead-gray sky outside the window, moved a step to the window, and pretended to be incomprehensible and groaned: "I want snow in the evening, can I drink a cup?" ”

Huang Ke didn't ask him to ask people to get alcohol, he said: "It's just that the Ministry of National Defense has just issued a 'ban on alcohol', and you can't drink alcohol anywhere during work." ”

Wang Jingwei was a little embarrassed after hearing this, he smiled reluctantly: "Brother Xinghua is really our model by example, if the country has more people like Brother Xinghua, I am afraid that it will be much easier for China to become strong." ”

Huang Ke didn't have the slightest affection for his compliment, but felt a little vomiting, but he didn't show it, because Wang Jingwei hadn't said his motives yet.

The two sat in the office, talking about each other.

After chatting for more than half an hour, Wang Jingwei took out a scroll and said: "I heard that there are not many people who admire Brother Xinghua in his life, and only Xin Qiji, Qi Jiguang and Zeng Guofan are especially admired far and near. I have a calligraphy treasure here, I don't know if it's true or not, so I came over today to ask Brother Xinghua to appreciate it, and also help me grow my eyes. ”

Huang Ke is indeed very appreciative of Xin Qiji's calligraphy and poetry, but he does not have any special elegance to collect these things, he feels that these monuments should be placed in the museum for everyone, and to be selfishly collected by one person is to destroy history and culture.

Even though he had always had this thought, when Wang Jingwei spread out the scroll, Huang Ke couldn't help but be a little surprised.

Wang Jingwei spread out Xin Qiji's handwritten book "Going to the Country", and the few articles of hundreds of words were alive and well under Xin Qiji's pen, and a heart of ambition and unrewarded service to the country jumped on the paper.

Looking at Huang Ke's eyes with some surprise, Wang Jingwei secretly rejoiced in his heart, and he said slowly: "It is said that this "Going to the Country" is the only ink treasure left by Xin Qiji. ”

Huang Ke couldn't stop nodding at "Going to the Country", he said: "That's true! The words of Jiaxuan style are very good, and the calligraphy is even more rare, how did Brother Zhaoming get this thing? ”

Wang Zhaoming pretended to smile casually: "I also unintentionally inserted willows, I just got it by chance from a friend." If Brother Xinghua likes it, I'll give it to you. ”

When Huang Ke heard this, he said with some reluctance: "How should this be?" A gentleman doesn't take the favor of others, and I can't afford such a valuable gift. ”

After hearing this, Wang Jingwei pretended to smile boldly: "Haha, what are these?" The good of elegance is priceless and measurable, and it is a treasure of ink in your place, but in the eyes of me, who does not know how to do it, it is just a copybook. If Brother Xinghua likes to take it, why should he be restrained? ”

After Wang Jingwei said this, Huang Ke still insisted on not accepting it, and the two pushed back and forth several times, Wang Jingwei pretended to be angry and said: "Brother Xinghua, why are you such a mother-in-law and mother when you are an iron-blooded soldier?" That's good, you have the right to stay at home and appreciate it, and borrowed it from me at that time. When will you come back after reading it, and how about that? ”

Seeing that he said such a compromise opinion, Huang Ke nodded and agreed. After the two chatted for a while, Wang Jingwei looked at the sky and said, "It's not early, and I won't delay Brother Xinghua to deal with official business, let's talk about it another day." ”

Huang Ke stood up and said, "Then I won't keep it." With that, he sent Wang Jingwei downstairs in person.

After Wang Jingwei left, Huang Ke returned to the office to roll up the volume of "Going to the Country", and he called Fourteen Tsai and said: "Go and send this pair of characters to the Nanjing Museum tomorrow, and tell them that it was donated by the Ministry of National Defense." ”

Fourteen Tsai took the painting and said with some hesitation: "Commander, this ......"

Huang Ke smiled and said, "Someone donated this to me, of course I want to donate it to the whole country." Ha ha. ”

Fourteen is also a smart person, so he naturally knows what it means. He opened his mouth and said, "Yes! ”

When Huang Ke returned home, what he didn't expect was that Mrs. Wang Jingwei also came to visit and left a lot of valuable gifts. Zhao Xiaowan didn't dare to accept it, but Chen Bijun put it down and left, she couldn't make up her mind, so she had to tell Huang Ke about it.

After hearing this, Huang Ke said boldly: "Collect!" In the future, you should be polite to others, after all, they are here to deliver things. ”

Zhao Xiaowan was puzzled, Huang Ke and Wang Jingwei have always had political disagreements, and Jiang Zhongzheng's candidacy for the chairman of the national government at this time naturally affected his status, and it was not surprising that he came to woo Huang Ke, but Huang Ke's attitude made Zhao Xiaowan not understand.

"You have always said that Wang Jingwei is a rudder when he sees the wind, why do you want to join forces with him to deal with Jiang Zhongzheng?" Zhao Xiaowan asked.

Huang Ke asked in surprise: "When did I say that I was going to unite with him?" ”

"Then you still accept other people's things, and let the family collect other people's things?"

Huang Ke smiled: "He doesn't need money to send me things, why don't I accept them if they are all good things?" Silly lady, don't you understand any of this? ”

Zhao Xiaowan is an extremely smart person, as soon as she heard this, she understood, she smiled slightly: "You, you are really a 'bad guy'!" ”

Not surprisingly, Huang Ke's staff decided to support Wang Jingwei's election after weighing the pros and cons, but after reporting to Huang Ke, he uncharacteristically strongly opposed it.

The staff didn't understand, and Huang Keben didn't have to explain it to them, but this time he made an exception. He told his aides that compared with Chiang Chung-zheng, Wang Jingwei was a political opportunist who saw the wind and steered the rudder, and in his thinking, political status was the most important thing, and it was extremely dangerous to put the country in the hands of such a person.

"He first took refuge in Sun Yat-sen, and then mixed with the Red Party, and then went on a killing spree against the Red Party and mixed with Jiang Zhongzheng, and now in order to deal with Jiang Zhongzheng, he still wants to win me over, so in the future, will he cooperate with the Japanese in order to deal with us? Can a person with such a character be the leader of a country? ”

The staff didn't care too much about Huang Ke's words, they felt that there was no eternal thing to cooperate with in politics, no politician in history could be called a "moral model", and who could live in the temple was not exchanged for seeing the wind and making the rudder?

It's just that they didn't expect this sentence to become a reality soon after.